Archive for December, 2008

Tips on Sanding Hardwood Floor

If you have just purchased the home of your dreams, Im sure you will find that there are a few not so dreamy moments in the process. One of those moments often arises when you pull up the carpet to see the condition of the hardwood floors that lie beneath. If you decide to restore [...]

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Tips – How to Avoid Cloudy, White Stripes

Sometimes people tell me that they spend days or weeks refinishing an older hardwood floor, only to find that there are now cloudy or white stripes between the boards. It can be very frustrating, but it can be avoided.
To begin with, it’s important to remember that older hardwood floors had decades of foot traffic and [...]

Should You Sand Your Hardwood Floor?

The Fundamentals
To do any job well it is important that you know your fundamentals. It is easy to be scared and worried about sanding a hardwood floor by yourself and stay away from the entire thing. Similarly it is very easy to be too eager and keen and spoil the entire floor by wrongly handling [...]